The Queen and the Welshman

Summary

This BBC Television production of The Queen and the Welshman was presented ‘from the BBC’s Welsh television studio’ (Radio Times, 22 August 1958, p. 15).

Theatre play

The Queen and the Welshman by Rosemary Anne Sisson [more information]

Play synopsis

The play concerns the affair of Henry V’s widow Katherine with Sir Owen Tudor.

Production history

The play was ‘first performed on stage in 1957 with a cast including Frank Finlay and Edward Woodward’ (source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/regular_strands/from_the_archive/unlocked_the_queen_and_the_welshman_in).

Date of transmission

Thursday 28 August 1958

Time

8.30pm (90 mins)

Channel

BBC Television

Production company

BBC

Credits

Producer

David J. Thomas

Playwright

Rosemary Anne Sisson

Adaptor of Script

John Wiles

Designer

Charles Lawrence

Cast

Ian Ainsley	The Duke of Bedford
Clare Austin	The Queen
Shirley Cooklin	Margaret
Glyn Houston	Sir Owen Tudor
Esmond Knight	The Duke of Gloucester
Derek New	John
Llewellyn Rees	Bishop Beaufort
Kevin Stoney	Hall
Gordon Whiting	Rainault
Bruce Wightman	Gaoler
Douglas Wilmer	Villiers

Additional details

Extant status

No archival copy is known to exist.

Play tags

15th-century setting; royalty

Print sources

Title

Broadcasting Programmes (Newspaper listing)

Reference

The Irish Times, 28 August 1958, p. 6

Title

Radio Times, 22 August 1958 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article and listing on pp. 4 and 15